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8th Annual World Wide Christmas Fair

By Beth Stich
Oct 6, 2010, 4:09pm

Come to the 8th Annual World Wide Christmas Fair on Saturday, November 13th from 9am to 3pm at the First Presbyterian Church, 300 E. Main St., Batavia. FREE ADMISSION.

Build a Better World - Shop with Purpose. Support fair trade, not-for-profit and service organizations by purchasing high quality gifts from local, regional and international vendors. Fair Trade vendors include: One World Projects, One World Goods, Kingdom Ventures, Equal Exchange Coffee. Local not-for-profits include: Crossroads House, YWCA, Healthy Sisters Soup and Bean Works, The Paint Box Project from Roswell Park, Project Life.

Lunch, snacks and coffee available. Handicapped accessible.

Event Date and Time

2010-11-13T09:00:00 - 2010-11-13T15:00:00

LeRoyan Taylor Kirby graduates from Troy University

By Billie Owens
Mar 23, 2021, 12:58pm

Taylor Kirby, of Le Roy, graduated from Troy University during Term 3 of the 2020-2021 academic year.

Kirby graduated with the Bachelor of Science degree while attending Troy Online.

Term 3 includes students at TROY's campuses in Dothan, Phenix City and Montgomery, Ala., along with teaching sites outside of Alabama

Second round of emergency aid available for households in HEAP

By Press Release
Mar 11, 2021, 12:58pm

Press release:

The New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance today announced that an additional $15 million is available to help eligible New Yorkers facing a home heating emergency.

Households that have already received emergency assistance from the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) this winter can apply for

Tender Loving Family Care increases workers' minimum wage to $15 an hour, ahead of mandate

By Press Release
Mar 29, 2021, 5:53pm

Press release:

Tender Loving Family Care Inc., (TLFC) a New York State Licensed Home Care Services Agency based in Rochester is proud to announce that they have increased the minimum wage for all essential employees of their agency to $15 an hour.

In addition to Genesee County, the agency serves families

Latest federal relief plan would allocate about $2 million to City of Batavia, $11-12 million to Genesee County

By Mike Pettinella
Mar 9, 2021, 8:58am

As much as $2.5 million could be on its way to the City of Batavia through the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan that is expected to be approved by the House of Representatives either today or Wednesday before being sent to President Biden for signing into law.

“We’ve had figures

Schumer: Finger Lakes Region to get big slice of $100B pie from American Rescue Plan

By Press Release
Mar 31, 2021, 1:33pm

Press release:

Standing at the Bug Jar in Downtown Rochester, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer announced today that "help is on the way" to the Finger Lakes region as he detailed specifics from the American Rescue Plan Act he just led to passage in the U.S. Senate.

Using

Concessions in hand, Batavia Town planners approve Ellicott Street Road solar projects

By Mike Pettinella
Mar 17, 2021, 12:05pm

An Ellicott Street Road farmer’s plan to place a pair of side-by-side community solar arrays on his property received the green light from the Batavia Town Planning Board on Tuesday night, but not before the project developer agreed to concessions pertaining to utility poles and aesthetics.

Toward the end of

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